Influência da velocidade de resfriamento nas temperaturas de transformação e na tendência de amorfização em fitas Ti-Cu-Ni.

Abstract

Ternary alloys with shape memory Ti-Cu-Ni are known to submit a characteristic phase transformation and properties similar to the and Ti-Ni binary alloy . Studies with rich-copper alloys showed that the addition of copper in alloys Ti-Ni reduces the hysteresis response of the shape memory effect and increases the TFA (tendency to form amorphous phase) still little studied with high percentages of copper. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the influence of cooling rate on the transformation temperatures and on the tendency of Cu-Ni-Ti ribbons rapidly solidified. Therefore, two ribbons TI01 (Ti 43.5 Cu 37.8 Ni 18.7) and Ti02 (Ti 58.4 Cu 25.6 Ni 16.0) were produced by melt spinning process, varying the wheel linear velocity 21 m/s and 63 m/s. The samples were characterized using DSC, X-DR, RET and MO and techniques. Melt spinning technique allows the production of very thin ribbons of the order of microns, in one processing step, as it was also possible to produce amorphous ribbons, the system Ti-Cu-Ni, without crystalline phase as observed in TI01 and 02 Ti02 with linear velocity of 63m/s. The heat treatment was sufficient to remove all defects produced by rapid solidification process and produce a rapid grain growth, favoring the increase of temperatures of martensitic and austenitic transformation.